UK Quilters
If you’ve met me before at a show, in a class or on our wonderful retreats you may well also have met my Mum. We started our quilting journey together well over a decade ago at a local quilt shop and, as the saying goes, didn’t look back. From quilt shows to exhibitions, local quilt…
It is that time of year again, when the festival of quilts opens its doors to this year’s quilting entry requests. I have been considering entering for a while now. However, the biggest issue for me is my health and time concerns. Screen Shot taken from : https://www.thefestivalofquilts.co.uk/# I have been going to the Festival for…
Hello Everybody! I’ve been some busy!! – I had already designed and made a quilt but decided against it for the next mystery….why? The process of deciding on a design is always a bit fraught for me, I have far too many ideas and techniques floating about in my head. It actually makes things difficult…
Whether you are just starting out on your patchwork and quilting journey or you’ve been addicted to it for years, you will have undoubtedly heard about quilt shows. But what exactly are they and how do you survive or plan your time at one? Throughout the year and around the country (this is a UK…
When it comes to wadding we all have a favourite and everyone has an opinion as to why theirs is the best, for some it’s the price, for others the brand or company that makes it, some go solely on the fibre mix – so many things to think about and consider. For me personally…
As years go by, it is so easy to just do the things we always do. During one of my community classes, one of my students asked me to show her how to do mitred corners on the borders of her quilt. It made me realise how long ago it was since I did any…
Scrappy Quilts I have been working on this “scrappy” quilt for about 2.5 years. I started it with a few scraps from another project, my intention was to was to make a couple of the blocks as a challenge. However, as you can see, I got carried away and have had to buy yardage as…
I was asked to review some new quilting rulers which are now available, these are made by Mark Pickering at sewonsewforth.co.uk. Mark’s mother runs classes and was finding students were struggling with the use of rulers, having an engineering background Mark was able to produce rulers which were more suited to her needs. The rulers…
Hi All! Just thought I’d scribble a quick update having attended my first main quiltshow since, well, a long time ago!! It was so much fun to be back out there and teaching again, 6 workshops a day for 3 days – lots of new and old faces, lots of natterings and laughter and a…
Richard Cook posted a fabulous picture of an interesting quilt onto the UK Quilters Facebook Group so we asked him to tell his story. In his own words: We all like to celebrate anniversaries – birthdays and marriages especially. But some anniversaries can be painful as they are associated to a date with an unpleasant…
We are always looking for quicker ways to create our quilts. I can remember when I first started my quilting journey, making one half square triangle was a great accomplishment. Then came two at a time, four at a time and 8 at a time. I’m in the process of updating one of my online…
2 weeks before Christmas back in 202I decided to write a Christmas story for my grandsons, who were staying from the 21st. Aged 6 and 4 I couldn’t find a story I thought they would like, a story that had a few more words and less pictures to the page. So I decide to write…
